Phil Ochs Quotes

Send me flowers while I'm alive. They won't do me a damn bit of good after I'm dead.

That’s it?” Jason asked. “You spent an hour talking about how lucky you were to be dying?” No, not dying, Son. Living.

In the morning it was morning and I was still alive.

You get into your late fifties, people start falling like flies all around you. I don't take life for granted any more. I'm really glad to be here.

Ya know, right now the most important thing in my life is to make sure you understand that, first of all I thank God I'm alive today, and I mean that. I spent too many years of my life thinking that the big party was the whole thing.

From my perspective, there's no reason to be afraid of aging, because if you age, you're lucky! The alternative is death.

You don't appreciate life until you get to the other side. Like lying in a hospital bed.

Once you've stared death in the face, every day is a good day.

Not being dead is my version of partying. So far, so good.

Death makes us sad, but it can also make us feel more alive.

some men never die and some men never live but we're all alive tonight.

You may think life is sweet now, but when death is a heartbeat away then life becomes unbearably desirable. And when you survive, everything you do will be enhanced and filled with greater joy: the sunlight, the breeze, a good wine, a woman's lips, a child's laughter.

Christ, it's so good to be alive.

I don't wonder about anything. I'm too old to wonder. I think the most important thing is to wake-up with a pulse. I look in the obituary columns. If I'm not in it, I get out of bed.

I am grateful for being alive today. It is my joy and pleasure to live another wonderful day.

Always wake up with a smile on your face, because a lot of people who went to sleep last night are not with us this morning.

It's pleasant to hear these nice words while I'm still alive. I'd rather have the taffy than the epitaphy.

Try to have a good day today, wherever you are, whatever you do, whoever is near, if no one is near. Try to be happy, because you may not see tomorrow. There is someone this morning, who didn't wake up, who will never see this day. Try to feel lucky that this is not you.

My typical day is I wake up and appreciate that I can still wake up.

It ain't no sin to be glad you're alive.

Sometimes I wake up in awe that I'm alive. I can't get over that part, so I guess it makes me kind of like an existentialist.

Stop worrying, nobody gets out of this world alive.

My greatest joy is just to be alive!

I always think everything is going to be my last job so every single day is a gift. This whole life is an accident for me.

...Proximity to a noose danger and death ... can make man or woman appreciate things.